Assisi, seraphic Beauty: entrance to Pinacoteca and Roman Forum

Pinacoteca:
In the main-floor rooms of Palazzo Vallemani, a splendid Baroque residence just a few steps from the Basilica of St Francis, are exhibited the works belonging to the Assisi's Pinacoteca. The residence, with vaulted ceilings frescoed at the beginning of the 17th century by Umbrian and Tuscan painters, bears witness to the political, civil and religious evolution of the city. Among the most valuable works in the collection, it is worth mentioning the Virgin Mary Enthroned with Child attributed to Giotto and coming from the Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo, the works of Puccio Capanna, one of Assisi's most skilled painters, and certainly Giotto's most modern disciple, the Virgin Mary with Child, detached from the San Giacomo gate and attributed to the young Perugino.

Roman Forum:
Assisi preserves numerous ancient testimonies, first and foremost the Forum, located below the present-day Piazza del Comune, dominated by the Roman Temple of Minerva (1st century B.C.). In addition to the rich archaeological collection, the remains of the Forum include the basement of the temple, a cistern, a podium with seats for magistrates, and a tetrastyle temple dedicated to Castor and Pollux.

Rocca Maggiore: (temporarily closed for restauration)
Accessible from Via Porta Perlici, it probably stands on an ancient urban settlement dating back to the 4th-3rd centuries B.C. and stands on the Asio hill overlooking the town of Assisi. The fortification has a trapezoidal shape with angular towers. Inside, the Maschio stands out, from the top of which you can admire an extraordinary view of the city and the valley, from Perugia to Spoleto.